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| SPONSOR: | Taylor, J.P. | DATE TYPED: | 1/31/00 | HB | 119 | ||
| SHORT TITLE: | Health Care for Farm Workers | SB | |||||
| ANALYST: | Esquibel | ||||||
| Recurring
or Non-Rec |
Fund
Affected | ||||
| FY00 | FY01 | FY00 | FY01 | ||
| $ 150.0 | Recurring | General Fund | |||
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to HB55, SB52, HB2, SB2
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Department of Health
NM Health Policy Commission
NM Department of Agriculture
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
The bill appropriates $150.0 to the Department of Health's (DOH) border health office to provide or contract for outreach resource services to assist farm workers to obtain appropriate health care and human services assistance.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The bill appropriates $150.0 in general fund in FY01 to DOH.
HB2 and SB2 provide funding for the services listed in the bill through the border health office, public health field offices, mobile vans, federal programs, and the Rural Primary Care Act.
RELATIONSHIP
HB119 relates to HB55 which appropriates $50.0 for a border health services program, and SB52 which appropriates $65.0 for a farm workers outreach resource center.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
DOH indicates other public and private funds could be sought for support and expansion of the resource centers and to replicate these services in other counties (especially Sierra county).
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